Judi Lecoq is from Arlington, Texas and she is the Director of Multiple Sclerosis Radio wherein it deals with anything MS – be it someone who is diagnosed with MS or someone who has survived it. Apparently, in the year 1997, she herself, was diagnosed with secondary progressive MS. At 2005, she started to feel weak and tired which made them decide to shut down the business that they opened ten years back. Since her system has further deteriorated, she no longer cannot walk on a cane and had to order a scooter which she can use to go to places. Just like any other patients, she did an extensive research online and eventually chose a clinic in Panama which she found to have plenty of scientific papers that support their stem cell research. Her health condition has improved following her first stem cell treatment in June 2010. Find out more about her journey with MS and how stem cell has improved her condition. Thank you for listening. We would appreciate your comments and reviews. Listen in http://traffic.libsyn.com/johncote/HEALTHCAREELSEWHERE056.mp3 Podcast: Listen in New Window | Download [Right click to save as]

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

About Judi’s diagnosis of secondary progressive MS in 1997

How she related of her condition back in 2005 that triggered them to shut down the business that they are into.

How extensive research aided her in looking for a clinic that will perform stem cell treatment

Why she chose Panama to receive her stem cell treatment

About the two kinds of stem cell treatments she received for when she is in Panama

About the first treatment she received when she was first diagnosed with MS in 1997

How she further improved in her health after she underwent a stem cell treatment

About how her family, friends and homeopathic doctor reacted with her decision to receive stem cell treatment

How she advised about the after care protocols of receiving the first stem cell treatments

About the questions a patient should ask whenever they intend to receive the same treatment

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Stem cells look promising for treating heart disease “Stem cell therapies could potentially reduce numbers of deaths from heart disease when used in addition to standard heart drugs and surgery, research suggests.” “Taking stem cells from a patient’s bone marrow and injecting them into damaged heart tissue may become an effective way to treat heart disease, suggests a new study. Researchers reviewed data from the clinical trials that have been conducted so far of these novel therapies.” ‘This is encouraging evidence that stem cell therapy has benefits for heart disease patients. However, it is generated from small studies and it is difficult to come to any concrete conclusions until larger clinical trials that look at longer-term effects are carried out,’ says Dr Enca Martin-Rendon of the University of Oxford and a member of the Cochrane Heart Review Group that carried out the study.”

Russell Scott is from Austin, Texas and was a former World-Class Team Bike Racer and a member of the US National Cycling Team. Everything was going well in his career until last 1991, he was diagnosed with MS and the news came in a month before he got married. Prior to his diagnosis, he was starting to see symptoms of his illness but disregarded them until 2 years later they had their first child, his left arm started to deteriorate and eventually couldn’t drive and then realized that the MS has already progressed. He has used a variety of treatments possible for his MS and that includes the use of Disease Modifying Drugs (DMDs) which just basically slow down the progression of MS but not improve it. He is planning to receive an HSCT Treatment – a two tiered approach that is compose of a chemo therapy and the stem cell treatment in Mexico which he is currently crowd funding in order for him to receive the treatments. Find out more of Russell’s take on his MS Diagnosis and his courses of actions toward his treatment.

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The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

New therapy wipes out cervical cancer in two women

“Aricca Wallace knew she was nearly out of time. For more than three years, she had suffered cramping and irregular bleeding, which her doctor thought was a side effect of her birth control implant, known as an intrauterine device, or IUD.”

“Her annual Pap smears were always normal, so no one suspected cancer.”

“Except it was cancer, and by the time the 34-year-old mother of two had the IUD removed and was finally diagnosed, her tumors had reached stage three and the disease was spreading through the lymph nodes in her abdomen and chest.”

“The technique is based on a state-of-the-art personalized medicine approach developed by his boss, Steven Rosenberg at the National Cancer Institute, to expand tumor infiltrating lymphocytes against metastatic melanoma.”

Claire Hooper is the administrator of Adult Stem Cells Advocates and a contributor to Stem Cell Pioneers. She currently lives in Beaumont near Houston, TX. She was involved in a car accident more than two decades ago while she was working as a probation and parole officer which caused her knee and back injury and eventually led to her disability. As her knees and back began to rapidly deteriorate, she started doing extensive research on alternative treatments as opposed to the traditional ones which she felt were invasive, risky and could further lead to other surgeries and narcotic drug dependencies. She was quite optimistic that her own stem cells could treat her and improve her condition and is now seeking to receive her bone marrow derived stem cells to treat her orthopedic conditions. Find out more about her advocacy for stem cell treatments, how she fights for patient rights and urges everyone to sign up for the petition to eliminate the restriction on every patient’s rights to access their own stem cells.

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The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Drug combination extends survival by more than a year in metastatic prostate cancer

“Men with newly diagnosed metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer lived more than a year longer when they received a chemotherapy drug as initial treatment instead of waiting to for the disease to become resistant to hormone-blockers, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group.”

“The dramatic results in a multi-center phase III trial should change the way physicians have routinely treated such patients since the 1950s, they said.”

“This is the first study to identify a strategy that prolongs survival in newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer,” said Christopher J. Sweeney, M.B.B.S, of Dana-Farber’s Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology. He presented the results of the trial Sunday, June 1, 2014 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.”

James Roth is a University Professor in Shenzhen, China for over 9 years now. In May, he had a slip and fall accident while walking and unfortunately broke his right wrist. He knew that he needed medical attention and went straight to the The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital to have himself checked. His initial thought on his accident that something was just dislocated in his wrist but apparently he needed to be admitted to the hospital. After undergoing x-rays and tests, the doctor consulted him about placing titanium plates on his wrist. Find out more of his hospital experiences and his current condition after the surgery.

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The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

“Positive results from four clinical trials of investigational targeted drugs for advanced ovarian, lung, and thyroid cancers, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia were highlighted today at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Findings from the mid- and late-stage trials suggest new ways to slow disease progression and improve survival for patients who experience relapses or resistance to available treatments.

“Cancer relapses and treatment resistance have always been among the most daunting challenges in cancer care,” said press briefing moderator Gregory Masters, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert and a medical oncologist at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center in Newark, Delaware. “The good news is that genomic medicine is helping to overcome these challenges by revealing new ways to target a cancer cell’s inner workings. The research highlighted today could lead to new treatment options forpatients who, until now, have had none, or for whom the side effects of current drugs outweigh their limited benefits, as we often see with our older patients with leukemia.”

Sanit Bahri is the founder and CEO of a medical tourism company based in Bombay, India called Medsurge Healthcare Consultants. Basically, they are inclined to providing quality medical assistance to patients overseas who are seeking treatment options in India. Sanit is a very experienced Medical Tourism Consultant, wherein, he has helped a total of 901 patients over the last four years. In this episode, he shared about a 13-year old Nigerian girl who had to undergo a liver resection. The father of the child has intended to bring his daughter to India but due to poverty, he admitted her daughter into a local teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria instead. The patient was in oxygen support and her condition has aggravated. In order for them to proceed with the treatment and travel to India, the father had to loan money for their finances. Find out more of how Sanit and his company have helped the patient and the success of the treatment thereafter.

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The Resources

Readyforchange.com – mentioned in the episode – a company that helps patients get surgery in India.

Contact info: surgerytoursindia@gmail.com

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

“Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones. This is the philosophy that Northeastern professor Vladimir Torchilin and his team took in new research carried out in collaboration with physics professor Dmitri Lapotko from Rice University and presented in a paper published Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine.”

“You start with two very well known and simple things,” Torchilin said. “Nanomedicines and nanoparticles.” Both allow clinicians to steer materials to specific cells in the body using recognition factors that are disproportionately expressed on cancer cells. In the case of drug-loaded tumor-targeted nanomedicines, cancer cells welcome much higher concentrations of drug molecules. In the case of nanoparticles, it’s tiny tumor-targeted crumbs of gold that end up inside the tumor cells.”

Stacy Eckel is a resident of Miami, FL and had a weight-loss surgery back in January 2013. 12 years prior her surgery, Stacy was severely overweight and has been struggling to find ways on how to lose weight. She has been declined by several insurance companies of assistance stating that she does not qualify to their insurance standards because she was healthy despite her being overweight. A nurse in a clinic, she was referred to, suggested her to go to Mexico to do the surgery but like any other first-timers, Stacy was skeptic of the idea of traveling overseas and have herself treated in a different country. After a much comprehensive research online, she was finally determined to go to Mexico and get the procedure done. Find out more of her actual experiences before and after the surgery and how it has drastically changed her appearance and her life in general.

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The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

“Quadrapeutics’ works in preclinical study of hard-to-treat tumors

“The first preclinical study of a new Rice University-developed anti-cancer technology found that a novel combination of existing clinical treatments can instantaneously detect and kill only cancer cells—often by blowing them apart—without harming surrounding normal organs. The research, which is available online this week Nature Medicine, reports that Rice’s “quadrapeutics” technology was 17 times more efficient than conventional chemoradiation therapy against aggressive, drug-resistant head and neck tumors.”

“We address aggressive cancers that cannot be efficiently and safely treated today,” said Rice scientist Dmitri Lapotko, the study’s lead investigator. “Surgeons often cannot fully remove tumors that are intertwined with important organs. Chemotherapy and radiation are commonly used to treat the residual portions of these tumors, but some tumors become resistant to chemoradiation. Quadrapeutics steps up when standard treatments fail. At the same time, quadrapeutics complements current approaches instead of replacing them.”

Kristine Blanche is a Certified Physician Assistant and an Integrative Healthcare Provider. She has been practicing Integrative Medicine for ten years focusing on patients’ Holistic Cancer care and Integrative Cancer care helping them with their battle with cancer. She recently decided to run a study on Digital Infrared Thermography as a preventive tool for breast cancer which she is currently funding in Indiegogo. This technology basically helps detect the underlying causes of your illness years ahead than of a traditional mammogram or ultrasound. Find out more of this medical breakthrough and how it can help anyone take control over their illness and live a healthier lifestyle. Part 2 of 2.

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The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

‘Nanodaisies’ deliver drug cocktail to cancer cells

“Biomedical engineering researchers have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs and are capable of introducing a “cocktail” of multiple drugs into cancer cells. The researchers are all part the joint biomedical engineering program at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”

“We found that this technique was much better than conventional drug-delivery techniques at inhibiting the growth of lung cancer tumors in mice,” says Dr. Zhen Gu, senior author of the paper and an assistant professor in the joint biomedical engineering program. “And based on in vitro tests in nine different cell lines, the technique is also promising for use against leukemia, breast, prostate, liver, ovarian and brain cancers.”

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Breast Thermal Before and After Images

12 months after following the protocol: Iodine, Vitamin D, & Frankinscence oil. The patient no longer has any pain, nor symptoms, her breasts are noticeably softer, and she is no longer afraid but thrilled to observe the difference that she made in her own breasts. The patient was so happy she was moved to tears. 🙂

Kristine Blanche is a Certified Physician Assistant and an Integrative Healthcare Provider. She has been practicing Integrative Medicine for ten years focusing on patients’ Holistic Cancer care and Integrative Cancer care helping them with their battle with cancer. She recently decided to run a study on Digital Infrared Thermography as a preventive tool for breast cancer which she is currently funding in Indiegogo. This technology basically helps detect the underlying causes of your illness years ahead than of a traditional mammogram or ultrasound. Find out more of this medical breakthrough and how it can help anyone take control over their illness and live a healthier lifestyle. Part 1 of 2.

Thank you for listening. We would appreciate your comments and reviews.

The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler – best-selling book mentioned in the episode which explains how these athletes are using flow to do the impossible and how we can use this information to radically accelerate performance in our own lives.

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Major discovery on the mechanism of drug resistance in leukemia and other cancers

“A mechanism that enables the development of resistance to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) anticancer drugs, thereby leading to relapse, has been identified by Kathy Borden of the University of Montreal’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) and her collaborators.”

“The new discovery, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, constitutes a major breakthrough in the fight against AML, one of the deadliest forms of leukemia, because it immediately suggests strategies to overcome drug resistance.”

“Furthermore, the type of drug resistance the team identified is likely implicated in other cancers and a successful new treatment regimen based on these findings could have broad applications in treating cancer.”

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Breast Thermal Before and After Images

12 months after following the protocol: Iodine, Vitamin D, & Frankinscence oil. The patient no longer has any pain, nor symptoms, her breasts are noticeably softer, and she is no longer afraid but thrilled to observe the difference that she made in her own breasts. The patient was so happy she was moved to tears. 🙂

Sean Parnell is the Founder and CEO of Self-Pay Patient, LLC., and the author of the book “The Self-Pay Patient” whose aim is to provide information to patients who have to pay for their own healthcare. He offers help to patients look for a variety of affordable healthcare options outside their conventional insurance. In this episode, Sean shared the success story of a young lady she knew who went out to India for a weight-loss surgery and how her health has improved after the surgery. Find out more of this story and what Sean’s book is all about and how invaluable it will be to patients who seek medical care but cannot afford them.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn

How Sean helps patients, who are not insured or someone who has a comprehensive insurance but does not cover the certain treatment they need, find some self-insurance options that can help them afford it.

About a young lady he knew, who underwent a Lap Band Surgery in the United States and ended up becoming an unsuccessful one

About the young lady’s recent travel and weight-loss surgery in India and how it improved her health.

When Sean’s book was published and how his book and him has served as an intermediary between patients seeking low-cost healthcare options and healthcare providers.

How Sean shared a facility in Oklahoma that offers packaged prices for patients as opposed to the comprehensive bills.

About the growing domestic medical tourism and its value to self-pay patients who struggle to come up with the money to pay for a certain procedure.

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

“A Harvard-led team is the first to demonstrate the ability to use low-power light to trigger stem cells inside the body to regenerate tissue.”

“The team used a low-power laser to trigger human dental stem cells to form dentin, the hard tissue that is similar to bone and makes up the bulk of teeth. They outlined the precise molecular mechanism involved and demonstrated its prowess using multiple laboratory and animal models.”